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Prague
Photography
 Prague
(Great Cities S.)
The austere beauty of Prague, capital of the new Czech Republic,
graces both sides of the Vitava river and is linked by a series
of bridges including the celebrated Charles Bridge, built in
1357. Prague is the history of central Europe in a nutshell.
It was the imperial capital of Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor;
city of the Bohemian King Wenceslas; passed to Ferdinand of
Habsburg in the 1500s; was the scene, in 1618, of the Defenestration
that led to the Thirty Years War; came under harsh imperial
rule from Austria until the early 19th century when a new sense
of national identity was fostered with a revival of Czech language
and culture - much of which is evident today. Prague
Photography.
 Prague
(Lonely Planet City Guides S.)
Featuring insights into history of Prague, culture and city
life, with opinionated reviews, these guides are written by
experienced authors with an intimate knowledge of the city.
They are smart, streetwise guides with a strong, contemporary
design and focus. Prague
Photography.
 Iren
Stehli: Libuna - A Gypsy's Life in Prague
For almost 30 years, Swiss photographer Iren Stehli followed
the life of Libuna, a gypsy living in Prague, and her family.
This book is a moving long-term study, a precise and close look
at a life on the margins of Eastern European society under Communism
and after the Velvet Revolution. It's a saga of love, tenderness,
and pain, a testimony to Libuna's indomitable strength and lust
for life. Not only an innovative and sensitive chronicle of
the ups and downs of a woman's life, the rich details of the
images in Libuna outline a history of everyday life and popular
culture in the former Eastern Block. At the same time, pictures
and captions represent an exploration of photography's possibilities
and the ways in which it can preserve the intensities of the
lived moment. Libuna is striking proof that photography's secret
is neither sensationalism nor the concoction of flashy phantasmagorias,
but the patient and humble search for images that transform
glimpses of the world into small epiphanies, refractions of
the world's ineffable truth. Prague
Photography.
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